The vineyard is quiet, fog, rain and dormancy of the vines is where we are now.

As January is here, we have started the pruning of our 400 plus acres, (it takes a while). A reflection on the past years growth and yield factors into pruning decisions this year, with the always rising cost of labor having a huge factor on this job and the next jobs in the vineyard. We focus now on varieties less susceptible to pruning wound diseases like Chardonnay.

As the leaves fall you can see many cool things, a neat phenomenon that can be seen here on this young Cabernet Franc vineyard on the way into the winery shows the "second crop" that hangs on even after leaves have fallen. Young vines tend to have a lot of "second crop" that the vine sets later after it sets the primary crop. This is not really a problem as the primary fruit we harvested from this was quite good, but it shows the abundance of stored energy a young vine has.

Just like everybody else, the Tasting Room has had its ups and downs during December.

The beginning of the month had great weather and we were able to do wine tastings, albeit outside, but with sunny afternoons these were enjoyed by many.

Just before this lockdown and the turn in weather we hosted Elite Dance Studio's Nutcracker Ballet at the winery. Unfortunately, attendance was only available to the aspiring dancer's families for viewing but we did manage to get a small video of this fantastic performance. These performers did 8 shows that beautiful December weekend!